Harness-trimming



, UNITED STATESPAT'ENT OFFICE.

DENNIS'J REGN, OFAAGAWM, MASSACHUSETTS.

HARNEsvs-TRIMMlNG.

SPECIFICATION forming pere of Letters Patent-No. 402,478, dated April 3o, 1889.

Application ned Jenuerye, 1889. serial No. 295,902. (No model.)

T all 1071/0712/ 15m/ty concern:

` Be it known that I, DENNIS J. REGAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Agawam, in the county of Hampden and State ot' Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements Vin Harness Trimmings or Fixtures, of which the following is a specication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and letters of reference marked thereon. A

This invention is designed especially as an improvement in the construction of the device illustrated in the patent issued to me for improvements in harness-trimmings, dated September 28, 1888, andhnurnbered 390,096.` In said patent the holding means or parts which penetrate the strap lconsist of tapering pins, while in my improvement the holding means or parts which penetrate the strap consistof ribs.

My invention therefore consists in the construction of a harness trimming` or fixture, as illustrated insaid patent, and provided with ribs, preferably tapering, to engage the strap.

It further consists in the peculiar arrangement and construction herein shown.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure lis a plan view of a harness trimming or liXture adapted for the holding of three straps. Fig. 2 is an end view, and Fig. 3 isa side view in section, taken on line a a, showing the portion in Fig. l at the left of line c, a. Fig. 4 is a plan Vview of another form of trimming, in which two straps may be held. Fig. 5 is a view of one of the wings inverted.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a iixture or trimming somewhat similar in outline to'that shown in Fig. l, but provided with a ring to receive a snap-hook. Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate a modiiication in the construction.

In detail, B indicates the base or lower plate.

O indicates wings or plates, which project from the plate B4 from its sides and project upwardly and inwardly toward each other at an angle, as shown in the drawings.

D indicates loops or rings adapted to receive straps or hooks.

E indicates a buckle, the frame-work of which is integral with the remainder of the device.

f indicates ribs integral with the wings C,

projecting downwardly. f indicates like ribs integral with the plate B.

The construction will be readily understood on reference to the drawings.

The wings C are adapted to be bent down upon the strap after its insertion, thus -forcing and embedding the ribs into the material of the strap and firmly holding it in place. The advantages obtained by the substitution of ribs in place of the pins shown in said priorl patent to me are seen in the fact that a very much larger holding-surface is obtained and less liability of tearing of the strap under strain results. I prefer to arrange these ribs transversely, as shown in the drawings, and to make them integral with the wings. It will readily be seen, however, that a like resultwill be obtained if the ribs are made integral with the plate B, and that the ribs may also be provided in the same device on both the plate B and wings C, if desired, the ribs in this event being made shallow, or the wings being opened or separated from the plate B suflicie'ntly far to permit the insertion of the strap between the ribs.

In the Vpreparation of the device for sale as an improved article of manufacture it is desirable that the wings be bent over the plate and lie as nearly parallel with it as possible while allowing for the ready insertion of the strap. I therefore bend the -wings over substantially as shown in Figs. 2 and 7, so that it simply becomes necessary to insert the strap between, the plate and overhanging wings, and then close the wings down with a mallet or like device until the ribs are embedded sufliciently in the material.

To facilitate the insertion of the strap and enable me to send the device out with the' wings nearly closed, Itaper the ribs, making them shallow toward the bent-over edges and making them deeper toward the center of the device, substantially as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 7, thus making room under the bent over wings for the insertion of the strap, while if the ribs were of the same depth throughout and the wings were thus bent over the strap could not be linserted without first bending the wings open.

In Fig. 6 I illustrate a device with a ring, Y

h, adapted to receive a snap-hook, and provided also with a buckle-frame, E, lall being IOC made integral, the wings C are made integral with a plate, B, as before described, and the plate has one side projected upward in substantially a straight line, and the other side projected outward and formed in a ring, h, and then continued upward, the two side pieces are connected with cross-bars, thus forming a buckle-frame, to one of which crossbars the buckledatch is attached, the frame thus formed being integral and containing a strap-receiving part provided with overhanging wings, a ring, h, and a buckle-frame. These trimmings or devices should be made of a metal which should be suiiiciently strong to give the requisite strength and suiiiciently soft or malleable to permit of the bending of the wings down upon the strap.

It will be seen that the engaging-ribs f might be arranged to stand at an angle and like results be obtained. It will also be seen that if ribs were arranged on both the plate and wings, and if those upon the wings were so disposed that they would lie between the ribs on the plates when the device were closed, a very strong strap-holdin g device will be constructed, and that in such case the ribs might be Very shallow. I do not, therefore, limit myself to the exact arrangement illustrated in the drawings.

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A harness trimming or device having a strap-holding part, consisting of a plate, B, provided with overhanging wings C and holding-ribs shallow toward the bent-over edges and deeper toward the center, substantially as shown.

2. A harness-trimmin g, substantially as shown, consisting of a plate, B, having overhanging wings C, one or both being provided with holding-ribs, in combination with la ring, h, formed at one side, and a buckle-frame, E, formed by the projecting side parts, as shown, united by cross-bars, all being made integral and provided with a tongue pivotally secured in position, substantially as set forth.

DENNIS J. REGAN. 

